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GEOSCOPE Observatory

global seismometry network

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ56316860 ↗
Source-derived summary

The GEOSCOPE Observatory is a global network of 35 broadband seismic stations across 18 countries that share their data with the French and international scientific community. The observatory was established in 1982, and the acquired data is managed by and is available at the French Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP).

All GEOSCOPE stations transmit data in real time to the data center, and the data is also automatically transmitted to tsunami warning centers. The incoming data from the stations are technically validated by IPGP or Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre (EOST).

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “GEOSCOPE Observatory” as global seismometry network. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where GEOSCOPE, Observatory and global can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as global seismometry network. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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This entry incorporates text from “GEOSCOPE Observatory” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.